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The Collective Blog of Health IT, a Podcast Episode Companion Episode 256- Clinical Decision Support at the Point of Care: Advancing Value-Based Care Through Smarter Laboratory Testing By: Michael McNutt As healthcare organizations continue their journey toward value-based care, clinicians face a growing challenge: making increasingly complex laboratory and genomic testing decisions while navigating fragmented…

The WEDI Genomics Workgroup: Latest Fact Sheet on Genetic Counselors Sandra Rolfe, PhD, Optum, WEDI Genomics Workgroup Chair As chair of WEDI’s Genomics Workgroup, a position I volunteered for and took on a couple of years ago, I have the opportunity to better educate the health IT community on issues related to genomics. The topic…

WEDI No Surprises Act Provider Survey Results The No Surprises Act was signed into law on December 27, 2020, as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260). The requirements for providers to issue Good Faith Estimates (GFEs) to uninsured and self-pay patients were put into place on Jan 1, 2023. Considering that…

My Experience at the June X12 Meeting Nancy Spector, WEDI Senior Director, Federal Affairs In my 20 years of involvement in X12 and attending meetings, I have had on multiple occasions to explain what an X12 meeting is and what happens at one. These explanations have been for bosses, colleagues, and newcomers who have either…

Collective Voice Insights From EDI to APIs: Lessons from a Career Shaping Health care Interoperability Michael McNutt, WEDI VP, Education & Events July 21, 2026   Health care interoperability is often discussed in terms of today’s innovations—FHIR APIs, digital health ecosystems, artificial intelligence, and real-time data exchange. Yet every advancement builds upon decades of policy…

Collective Voice Insights Why Genomics Is the Next Frontier in Health Care Interoperability Michael McNutt, WEDI VP, Education & Events July 13, 2026   For years, health care interoperability has focused on improving the exchange of administrative, clinical, and financial information to create a more connected health care system. As precision medicine continues to advance,…

Beyond the Buzz: Why AI Alone Won’t Solve Health Care’s Readmission Challenge July 6, 2026 By: Michael McNutt, WEDI VP, Education & Events   Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to dominate health care conversations, promising to improve efficiency, automate workflows, and transform patient care. But as health care organizations increasingly explore AI-powered solutions, a critical question…

Claims Attachments Final Rule: 30 Years in the Making 4/1/2026 As I write this on April 1 (Fools’ Day), I am glad the claims attachments final rule was not published today because no one would have believed it was real. A more appropriate day for its publication would have been St. Patrick’s Day, since it…

A Report on the WEDI and CMS Conferences: Two Events, Overlapping Themes 3/4/2026   I attended two conferences with similar themes: burden reduction and empowering patients through improved data exchange. The first was the WEDI Winter Forum: The Promise and Reality of Health IT in Improving the Patient Journey and the second was the Centers…

WEDI Responds to the ASTP/ONC HTI-5 Proposed Rule and AI RFI 3/2/26 As an advisor to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, WEDI provides comments and recommendations to the Department and relevant agencies on a regular basis when opportunities are presented. Two recent actions by the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy…